2018年考研真题及答案解析（英语二）.pdf

微信公众号：云梯考研 ，考研资料分享QQ群 2018 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二真题及答案 Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A],[B], [C] or [D] on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The ne w research reveals that the need to know is strong that people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3 . In a series of experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of C hicago and the Wisconsin school of Business tested students’ willingness t o 4 themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 , each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher cla imed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens woul d 6 an electric shock when clicked. Twenty-seven students were told with pens were electrified; another t wenty-seven were told only that some were electrified. 7 left alone in the room. The students who did not know which ones would shock them cli cked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew t hat would 8 . Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other s timuli, 9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of dis gusting insects. The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in human